Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96
एकोऽनेकत्वमापन्नो निर्गुणो हि गुणावृतः । स्वज्योतिर्भाति यो नित्यं परज्योत्स्नान्वितोऽभवत् । स्वतंत्रः परतंत्रश्च त्वया देवि महत्कृतम्
eko'nekatvamāpanno nirguṇo hi guṇāvṛtaḥ | svajyotirbhāti yo nityaṃ parajyotsnānvito'bhavat | svataṃtraḥ parataṃtraśca tvayā devi mahatkṛtam
الواحد بدا كأنه كثير؛ ومن لا صفة له كأنه مستور بالصفات. والذي يسطع أبداً بنوره الذاتي صار كأنه مقروناً بضياء غيره. والمستقلّ غدا تابعاً—هذا التحوّل العظيم قد صنعتهِ أنتِ، أيتها الإلهة.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic tableau: the One radiance splitting into many rays; a veiling curtain of guṇas; Devī as the luminous power beside Śiva’s self-effulgent light, illustrating dependence/independence as a divine play.
FAQs
Multiplicity and dependence are appearances produced through Śakti/Māyā; the seeker is urged to remember the self-luminous Reality beyond guṇas.
The setting is Kedāra-khaṇḍa (Kedārakṣetra), but the verse focuses on metaphysics rather than a site-description.
None explicitly; it is a theological explanation of how the One appears as the world.